Revision question · Drivers' hours and rest periods

Your vehicle is fitted with an analogue tachograph. What should you do if you need to exceed the normal drivers' hours due to an emergency?

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Continue using the same tachograph chart and write an explanation on the back

Remove the tachograph chart and make a manual record of the rest of the journey

Continue using the same tachograph chart, without any explanation or record

Remove the tachograph chart and tell your employer the reason

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Continue using the same tachograph chart and write an explanation on the backThis was the right answer

Only an unexpected, unavoidable situation may justify departing from the limits as far as necessary to reach a suitable stopping place without jeopardising road safety. This cannot be planned to meet a delivery schedule. Keep the chart running and record the reason on it by arrival at that stopping place.

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Record a genuinely unavoidable safety departureReviewed guidance summary · Continue the original chart and write the reason for a genuinely necessary, unplanned safety departure, rather than stopping the record or claiming an unrestricted emergency exemption.

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